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The Royal Guard at Buckingham Palace in London.

U.K. to require electronic travel authorizationThe U.K. government plans to have a process in place by the end of 2024.

One more good reason to throw an antiquated maritime law overboard

One more good reason to throw an antiquated maritime law overboardPanama's latest attempt to grab U.S. tourism dollars is a good example why the 1886 Passenger Vessel Services Act must be...

ASTA's Lobasso to serve on DOT's aviation antidiscrimination subcommittee

ASTA's Lobasso to serve on DOT's aviation antidiscrimination subcommitteeThe Department of Transporation appointed Peter Lobasso, ASTA's senior vice president and general counsel.

Aeromexico planes at Felipe Angeles.

Aeromexico launching first U.S. service from Mexico City's new airportDaily service between Felipe Angeles Airport and Houston Bush Intercontinental will begin on May 1.

The Jan. 11 ground stoppage contributed to more than 2,800 flight cancellations and more than 10,000 delays.

FAA identifies company responsible for system outageThe FAA said employees with Virginia-based Spatial Front unintentionally deleted files that led to the Notice to Air Missions...

Two African nations lift their visa requirements for U.S. visitorsMalawi and Zambia both have scrapped visa requirements for their most important source markets, the U.S. among them.

An Aero Mongolia plane. Currently, no carrier flies between the U.S. and Mongolia.

U.S. inks open-skies deal with MongoliaUnder a memorandum of understanding, airlines from each country would be able to fly without restrictions between the two...

The Department of Transportation has fined Virgin Atlantic $1.05 million, but the airline will only be required to pay half if it meets certain conditions.

Virgin Atlantic fined for flying over Iraqi airspaceThe violations are a U.S. concern because they happened on flights in which Virgin Atlantic was codesharing with Delta.

Delta reported net income of $1.3 billion for all of 2022, a return to profitability for the first time since 2019

Delta CEO criticizes Congress over FAA system failureEd Bastian put the onus for the Jan. 11 system outage on lawmakers for not funding the FAA adequately.

FAA system outage reportedly caused by contractor errorContractors are believed to have edited a file in the system, though it's not clear whether they did so intentionally or in...

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